I didn't start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure.

Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

I can remember when there were storylines with gay characters on shows like 'Family' and 'Dynasty' and thinking, I have something in common with that person. This was way before the Internet and all the visibility that has brought with it.

I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language and communication, which was wonderful and something so many deaf people don't have.